JERUSALEM, April 30 (RIA Novosti, Olga Lipich) - The Holy
Fire has descended on the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. It miraculously lit, as it does
every Holy Saturday, in the tomb chamber, where the Body of the Savior was put
after deposition from the Cross.

Irenaeus the Patriarch of
Jerusalem was alone in the chamber at the instant of the miracle. Flashes of
light occasionally glowed in the Holy Sepulcher during public prayer for the
Blessed Fire.

Many candles in the
congregation's hands mysteriously lit of themselves the instant the Patriarch
emerged from the chamber, carrying a lamp lit by the Fire.

Candles lit by the Holy
Fire were passed from hand to hand all over the vast Church of the Holy
Sepulcher. Russian worshippers were no exception. They will now deliver the
Fire to Moscow by air for the Paschal liturgy
the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia will serve tonight at the Cathedral of
Christ the Savior, Moscow's
principal shrine.

Leading the Russian
delegation sent for the Holy Fire are Sabbas the
Bishop of Krasnogorsk, Moscow diocesan vicar, and Vladimir Yakunin, president of the Council of Trustees, Foundation
of St. Andrew the First-Called, and first deputy president of Russian Railways.